Sec. 5. Independent study and assessment of Compacts of Free Association
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall enter into an agreement with an eligible organization described in subsection
(b)to conduct an independent study and assessment of the Compacts of Free Association between the United States and the Freely Associated States of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. An eligible organization described in this subsection is— a federally funded research and development center sponsored by a Federal agency; the Government Accountability Office; or an organization described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. The study and assessment required under subsection
(a)shall include— an assessment of implementation of the Compacts of Free Association by the United States, including Compact impact funding to affected jurisdictions (as such term is defined in section 104(e)(2)(A) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 ( Public Law 108–188 ; 48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(2)(A) )); an assessment of the capabilities, expertise, and shortfalls of effectively administering the Compacts of Free Association and providing assistance under such Compacts to affected jurisdictions as defined in paragraph (1), including recommendations on improvements to such capabilities and changes to processes or administrative reorganizations that may be necessary; an assessment of the management of trust funds established for each of the Freely Associated States and the United States financial contributions to such trust funds; recommendations regarding renewal and future administration or cessation of such Compacts; an assessment of any outstanding claims by the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau to lands or territorial waters belonging to the United States, including Wake Island (Wake Atoll); and any other matters the Secretary of State or the eligible organization that enters into an agreement under this section determines to be appropriate and that do not duplicate unnecessarily the matters addressed in the study required by section 1259D of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( Public Law 115–91 ). Not later than one year after the date on which the Secretary of State enters into an agreement with an eligible organization under this section, the eligible organization shall submit to the Secretary and the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes— the study and assessment required under subsection (a); the matters to be included required under subsection (c); and any other matters the Secretary determines to be appropriate. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex if necessary. The Secretary shall publish the unclassified portion of the report required under paragraph
(1)on a publicly accessible government website. In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. The eligible organization that enters into an agreement under this section may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States information necessary to enable it to carry out this section. Upon request of such eligible organization, the head of that department or agency shall furnish that information to the eligible organization.
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Independent study and assessment of Compacts of Free Association
Pub. L.Pub. L. 108-188
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